After seeing two shows, it was already past noon. After Jin An Princess invited everyone to eat, she let the unmarried guniang to chat. She talked with some of the married noblewomen and noblewomen about the interesting things in Jing City.
Qu Qing Ju heard these people mention Spiritual Master Xuan Ling of the Five Estates Monastery again. It seemed that this Spiritual Master Xuan Ling really had some skill. Regardless of whether there were ghosts or gods in this world, but for a person to be respected by so many noblewomen who mingled in complicated circles, it was enough to show that his skill was extraordinary. As to what aspect, it depended on the benevolent and the wise.
Hearing this, Jin An Princess was unexpectedly calm. She smiled faintly: "Since he is an extraordinary person, if there is a chance in the future, I will definitely meet him." Even though she said so, Qu Qing Ju could see that she didn't care about this kind of thing.
Qu Qing Ju held Mu Jin's hand as she stood up to change. On the way back, she encountered Qu Yue Su with a yahuan. She stopped in her steps and calmly watched as Qu Yue Su gave her a proper curtsey.
"Greetings to Duan Wang Fei," Qu Yue Su was very clear now that the da jie in front of her didn't want to have any relationship with Chang De Gong Fu. She could even see the coldness towards Chang De Gong Fu from da jie. She had heard many rumors from the outside world. She wanted to refute them but found that the rumors were all true. And some of the things that had happened in the past were even worse than the rumors so she didn't even have the face to call her da jie.
The reputation of the fu was worsening and it even affected her marriage with er jie. She wasn't willing to be a normal official's furen, but the di sons of the great aristocratic families weren't willing to marry her. So she would rather use her own talent and beauty to fight. At least it was better than a mediocre life.
"San xiaojie, please rise," Mu Jin saw her wang fei didn't move and went forward with a smile to give her a hand before retreating behind Qu Qing Ju.
Qu Qing Ju looked at the sky: "Why did you come here alone? I just saw the Yao Family guniang and the Lu Family guniang chatting together. Aren't you going to play with them?"
Qu Yue Su's expression was slightly awkward. She forced a smile and replied: "Just wanted to walk."
Nodding, Qu Qing Ju didn't say more, "I'll leave first. Be careful."
"Farewell, Princess." Qu Yue Su curtsied again. She watched as Qu Qing Ju was escorted by several yahuan in the direction of Jin An Princess. She bit the corner of her lips to suppress the sourness in her heart. Right now, those noble misses weren't willing to walk with her. They thought they were noble, and weren't willing to interact with someone like her who was willing to be a qie. In reality, they were just normal people. In the future, when they married, they would still have to think of ways to win the husband's heart, and also take care of the favored ce shi. At that time, they would just be vulgar fish eyes.
Maybe this kind of thinking was just Qu Yue Su comforting herself, but right now, she could only think like this to suppress the strange jealousy she had towards Qu Qing Ju, and the delusion that she shouldn't have. For example, if she had been the one to be betrothed in the first place, the one being worshipped now would be her.
Wei Qing E and the others saw Qu Qing Ju return and smiled: "You finally came back. We were just talking about you."
"What about me?" Qu Qing Ju smiled as she sat down on her original seat. She took a peeled tangerine and put it in her mouth.
"That you are fortunate. The ce shi in the fu are all obedient, and not so scheming." Wei Qing E smiled, "Not like our fu, there are many beauties."
Qu Qing Ju coughed dryly. She swallowed the tangerine and wiped the corner of her mouth: "Da sao, you must be joking." Recently, Duan Wang Fu had demoted ce fei to qie, a tong fang had died of illness, and before that, a tong fang had been married off to someone from the estate. How could this be called obedient? Was this Wei Qing E purposefully trying to embarrass her?
"I'm not as virtuous as da sao and manage the fu well. Da sao, don't laugh at me," Qu Qing Ju knew that only Jin An Princess, Wei, and Qin dared to talk about Duan Wang Fu. She smiled at Jin An Princess as she said, "Jiejie doesn't know. Da sao has always been a virtuous person, but she always praises me for being useless. Jiejie, you have to judge for me."
"Alright, alright, ben gong's didi took you as wang fei, that's their good fortune," Jin An Princess smiled as she put a plate of red date cake in the middle, "Just eat two more cakes, don't compliment each other."
Wei Qing E smiled and changed the topic. She knew that Duan Wang Fu was controlled by Qu Qing Ju right now. The houyuan was surrounded like a metal bucket. A few days ago, wang ye's face had darkened because a tong fang had died of illness. That tong fang must have been one of wang ye's people.
The people sitting with her were all furen of high status. It was a pity that Qu Qing Ju's jiumu, Tian Luo shi, wasn't here. Otherwise, Qu Qing Ju wouldn't feel so bored.
Jin An Princess had held a painting banquet today just to let these furen know that she, Jin An Princess, was going to stay in Jing City. At the same time, she wanted them to go back and tell their husbands that she was going to take care of the Count of Bei Lu. These people should be more observant and not meddle.
This move had the flavor of using power to suppress others, but who made her the Emperor personally titled the Princess Royal? It wasn't that Da Long Dynasty didn't have other princesses, but only she was titled the Princess Royal. That was enough to prove her status.
Qu Qing Ju felt that Jin An Princess was a smart woman who could see reality clearly. She had a noble status and wouldn't compromise for the sake of so-called emotions. She had given birth to children for the Count of Bei Lu. Theoretically, the Count of Bei Lu couldn't take concubines. But the Count of Bei Lu had done such a thing. This wasn't just slapping Jin An Princess' face, it was slapping the Imperial Family's face. If Jin An Princess allowed such a thing to happen today, then in the future, the fumas of the other princesses would also do the same. If there was one, there would be two. In the end, the pitiful ones would be the women.
When the banquet finished and she came out of the Princess Fu, Qu Qing Ju saw Liang shi and Qu Yue Su at the main gates. In front of them was Qin Bai Lu who was looking down from above. She didn't stop and directly passed the three to get on her carriage. Other people were willing to act out a melodramatic drama, but she wasn't willing to be splashed with melodramatic blood.
When the carriage started to move, Qu Qing Ju opened the window and happened to see Qin Bai Lu give a scornful smile to Liang shi and Qu Yue Su. Liang shi's face was filled with anger that she didn't dare to explode. She curved her lips and put down the curtain.
Returning to Duan Wang Fu, Qu Qing Ju saw Shu Kui and Rui Xiang standing guard at the main gates of zhengyuan. She knew that He Heng was probably inside and asked: "Is wang ye in the room?"
Shu Kui bent as she answered: "Wang fei, wang ye has been here for a while."
Nodding, indicating that she understood, Qu Qing Ju passed through the main gates and crossed the gardens of the zhengyuan. When she reached the outer room of the room, she saw He Heng looking at the painting of a beauty dancing under the moon that she had the servants hang on the wall.
"Wang ye," Qu Qing Ju smiled as she walked next to him and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, "What's wrong with this painting?"
"I remember, you also had a long dress like this," He Heng felt that this painting had some of Qu Qing Ju's shadow.
"How could wang ye have never thought that the one in this painting was me?" Qu Qing Ju smiled.
He Heng looked at the inscription at the bottom of the painting. It was Qu Qing Ju's painting. It had been painted a few days ago. No wonder he hadn't seen it yesterday. She must have had someone hang it up today.
"Qing Ju knows how to dance?" He Heng was slightly surprised. There were many noble females that learned the four arts, but there weren't many that learned dancing.
"Just self-taught," Qu Qing Ju raised an eyebrow as though she was proud and helpless, "In the past, when I had nothing to do, I would think about how to pass the time in my room and randomly learn from the books."
He Heng knew that Qu Liang shi didn't treat Qu Qing Ju well and didn't think that she would spend the effort to let Qu Qing Ju learn too many things that a noble lady should know. He saw her smile full of pride and helplessness and smiled, asking: "When will I have the honor to see it?"
Qu Qing Ju raised her bright and beautiful chin like a proud queen, "When wang ye does something to please qie, qie will consider this matter."
She clearly called herself qie, but He Heng could hear a hint of arrogance in it. But he also felt that the other's appearance made his heart itch. He couldn't resist reaching out to touch Qu Qing Ju's waist, "Qing Ju's waist is so slender and soft. You can definitely dance beautifully."
Qu Qing Ju's lips curled: "Wang ye's words, are you treating qie as a dancer and teasing?"
He Heng more or less understood what it meant for a woman to be unreasonable. But strangely, he felt that he had to explain. He helplessly pulled the other into his embrace, "How can those women compare to you, Qing Ju? You only danced for me to see, no one else could see. This is a matter between us husband and wife. I like it, I'm not teasing." Finishing, he added, "In the future, when I please you, you have to condescend to dance for me."
Qu Qing Ju hummed, "Since you're looking forward to it so much, when spring comes, I'll dance a song for you to see." This body's bones were really soft. When she danced, it wouldn't seem stiff or lacking in beauty. But she didn't want to really dance for He Heng to see. Men were strange creatures. They liked to play with casual women but looked down on women for being too casual. From a certain perspective, men were sometimes more contradictory than women.
But if she took this as a pleasure between the two of them, and even made the other anticipate it, but didn't easily let the other see, then it would only make He Heng feel a sense of closeness, "a secret belonging to the two of them."
Sometimes, a beautiful secret was beneficial in pulling the distance between men and women closer.
He Heng looked at Qu Qing Ju's proud appearance and felt the cat in his heart itch even more. He breathed in the fragrance of her hair and said in a husky voice: "Alright." Even through the clothing, he seemed to be able to feel the delicacy under the clothing. He couldn't help but want to carry the other to bed.
Qu Qing Ju didn't want to play the game of pressure before eating dinner. She leaned her head against He Heng's chest and said: "I see that Jin An Princess Royal seems to want to separate from the Count of Bei Lu."
After a moment of silence, she heard He Heng's disdainful and slightly angry voice.
"Separation is inevitable. Can he mistreat the Imperial Princess? This matter won't be given to him so easily! "
Qu Qing Ju smiled mysteriously. Look, this was the people of the Imperial House. No matter if they were arrogant, warm or simple, they all had a natural arrogance in their bones.
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